451The Embroidered CurtainBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 1972.50 State: 10/10 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bought at auction, Sotheby & Co., 1 August 1958 (lot 13), by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, for £130; purchased by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 1972 (Lee M. Friedman Fund). |
| Paper size: | 240 x 160 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 239 x 160 mm |
| Other size: | see tab mm |
| Note on size: | tiny margin at top otherwise trimmed to platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none visible |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | seems clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | the crosshatching in the door and water is very much softened. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'WATER / te / VUUR' on signboard |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 2 mm ht/tab 37-46 from left; Pencil butterfly dates from 1889/1890 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C.30588' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '152' on verso; K.410 v-vi |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4100702 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.